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Quote by Stephen Levine

“Healing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear.”

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Stephen Levine was an American poet, born on July 17, 1937, and passed away on January 17, 2016. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and philosophical insights, and has been beloved by readers worldwide. more

“Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? Nothing else. Tell me then, you men, do you wish to live in error? We do not. No one who lives in error is free. Do you wish to live in fear? Do you wish to live in sorrow? Do you wish to live in tension? By no means. No one who is in a state of fear or sorrow or tension is free, but whoever is delivered from sorrows or fears or anxieties, he is at the same time also delivered from servitude.”

Men Mean States Wish Sorrow Anxiety Errors Tension Servitude

Author:Epictetus

“When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?”

Ifs Done Form Opinion Ought Decided Faults

Book:Enchiridion

Source: Enchiridion

“When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks it is his duty. It is not possible, then, for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself.”

Thinking Persons Doe Seems Remember Speak Duty Treats Ill

Book:Enchiridion

Source: Enchiridion

“Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.”

Men Masters

Author:Epictetus

“When the sunne shineth, make hay.”

Hay

Author:John Heywood

“For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.”

Inches Ells

Author:John Heywood

“Better to give then to take.”

Giving

Author:John Heywood

“I see the rainbow in the sky, the dew upon the grass; I see them, and I ask not why they glimmer or they pass. With folded arms I linger not to call them back; 'twere vain: In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again.”

Knows Asks Sky Arms Shining Spots Vain Grass Rainbow Dew

Book:The Works of Walter Savage Landor

Source: The Works of Walter Savage Landor

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